Instacart announces new COVID-19 policies and plans to hire 250,000 more shoppers

4/24/2020 — Reported today in Tech Crunch, Instacart’s aggressive hiring spree is continuing due to COVID-19 shelter in place orders. Yesterday, the company announced it is adding 250,000 more shoppers to meet consumer demand, and to help the company return to “one-hour and same-day delivery”.